Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson

Midnight Tides

Malazan Book of the Fallen #5

Steven Erikson

779 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions) user-added

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
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Midnight Tides is ideal for readers who enjoy intricate, dark fantasy sagas that explore the complexities of war, power, and cultural collision through layered world-building and morally ambiguous characters.

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After decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur have finally united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of the Hiroth. But peace has been exacted at a terrible price -- a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at bes...

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Community Reviews

4.42
based on 3,924 reviews

Moods

dark: 93%

adventurous: 73%

challenging: 59%

funny: 49%

emotional: 47%

tense: 47%

mysterious: 46%

sad: 36%

reflective: 24%

hopeful: 4%

inspiring: 3%

informative: 2%

lighthearted: 1%

Pace

3% of readers chose fast
48% of readers chose medium
48% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

8% of readers chose Plot
75% of readers chose A mix
15% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

85% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

56% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

89% of readers chose Yes
7% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

72% of readers chose Yes
21% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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